T.V. Violence

way they were raised and how they where taught to handle their aggression, and how they interpret violence. They feel that the viewers should be critical thinkers and should learn how to interpret what they see.
             It is believed that people learn by imitating what they see and children are vulnerable to such behavior. Almost without explanation, research has found that viewing violence makes children more aggressive, more restless, more fearful, less creative, and less sensitive (Levine, 1996, p. 68). In addition no study has ever found any benefit to children form watching violence except, perhaps, the Catharsis Theory. Albert Bundura found that children learn to be aggressive by observing and imaiting other people who are acting aggressively; "if these individuals, or 'models' as Bundura call them, are reward for their violent behavior, children are even more likely to imitate them" (Levine, 1996, p. 68). A recent study showing how children learn by what they see found that, "when children are put into a group exposed to a televised 'Power Rangers' episode, they committed seven times more aggressive acts in a subsequent t
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